Easy to make passion fruit juice

Pictured to the right are passion fruits from my garden here in Brazil. Here they are called maracuja. The plant grows on a vine like grapes sending out tendrils to grasp onto a surface such as a fence, wall or trees.

This is fast becoming one of our favorite juices in our home. It is quick and easy to prepare and full of vitamin C .

Below you will see my recipe to make a liter of passion fruit juice.

The beautiful photo above showing the passion fruit vine, flower and fruit is used courtesy of Mary B Thorman.

**5 -7 passion fruit, depending on size. 1/3 cup of sugar, 1 liter of cold water.**

Start by cutting the passion fruit in half, from the stem to the bottom. You may need a bit of force to get through the skin, they can be a bit tough.

Be forewarned, the juice will start to ooze out. Separate the halves as quickly as possible to avoid this. Lay this with the cut side up as in the photo to retain all that juice inside.

If you decide you don't want to juice it, at this point you can just scoop it out and eat it with a spoon. Some are tarter than others. The ones you may buy in America and Europe might be the purple variety. Those are sweeter and would need less sugar.

Sprinkle a little sugar on top and just scoop it into a spoon and eat it, seeds and all.

If you decide to juice it, scoop out the insides into a blender. Don't worry if the white pith goes in there, we will be using a sieve to remove this. Do this with all the passion fruit.

Next add the sugar. I like to use 1/3 to 1/2 cup of sugar. Obviously this tells you, I don't measure it, I just pour it in. I would start with 1/3 if you are using the sweeter variety.

The next step is to add the water. I like to use chilled water and I fill this up to the 1 liter mark on the blender. That is about a quart.

Turn the blender on low. You will hear the seeds breaking up but this is okay.

The easiest way to remove the seeds, is through a sieve. I use a fine nylon sieve and place this over a funnel or a wide mouthed jug.

Pour the liquid including the seeds carefully into the sieve. Using a spoon, gently stir the mixture so the seeds don't block the sieve, this allows the juice to pass through.

Continue doing this until there is no more juice . You will have a sieve with foam and seeds. This can be discarded.

When you have passed this through the sieve your juice is ready. It can be kept in the refrigerator until you are ready for it. It will separate with the foam rising to the top. Just stir this up with a swizzle stick before serving.

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